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Islander 36 Association |
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Islander 36 Association |
I-36 Summer Sailstice COVID-Compliant Rally Saturday, June 20, 2020 |
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Rally Overview With the Bay Area opening up parks and businesses to allow permitted Outdoor Activities, including recreation, your Islander 36 Association Board is scheduling the family-focused I-36 Summer Sailstice Rally for Saturday, June 20, 2020. This will be an opportunity for members of your household or living unit to safely get out on the water and enjoy your boat with an organized rally with some fun options. It's intended to celebrate the longest sailing day of the year and have some fun along the way. To participate you may choose one of two courses, and if you choose to be timed while doing it, there are six ways you can gain extra points. We will use the US Coast Guard Rules of the Road, not the Racing Rules of Sailing. That's intended to promote distancing and lower the stress level. Above all, have fun, be polite, play nice and stay safe. Under usual conditions the Rally will take 2 -3 hours. We'll assemble, socially distanced, just south of the center block of the western span of the Bay Bridge, and use the shadow of the bridge on the water for our 12:00 start of the Rally. For maybe the first time in your sailing life you can actually see the starting line on the water! All current and former I-36 Association members are invited to participate, Racers and Cruisers alike, particularly those who have focused on family first. If you haven't participated in a while, now is a great time to come out. If you can't get your boat to the Rally, you can join as a Virtual Crew - and that includes our members outside the Bay Area. Let's see how many I-36s we can round up! And it's free - no entry fee. Rally Details The I-36 Association Summer Sailstice Rally on Saturday, June 20, 2020 will comply with the Social Distancing and Face Covering requirements of the counties where your marina is located. Participating boats may only be crewed by members of the same household or living unit. Face coverings must be carried by all people and worn when transiting between parking areas and your boat if you cannot maintain a 6' distance between your household and other people. Rules We will use the US Coast Guard Rules of the Road, not the Racing Rules of Sailing. That's intended to promote distancing and lower the stress level. As a reminder and enhanced for our Rally: Starboard over Port. Windward boat keep clear. If you are overtaking another boat, you must stay at least 1 boat length to windward or leeward. You are the Give-Way vessel under the Rules of the Road and must keep clear until you have passed the boat you are overtaking. If you are being overtaken by another boat, you are the Stand-On vessel. You are to maintain course and speed. (No luffing.) At any rounding point you must stay at least 1 boat length away from the other boat. Rally Starting Area & Time Gather on the south side of the western span of the Bay Bridge between the center block and the next east tower at approximately 11:45. (Section C - D on the chart.) Use VHF Channel 72 to check in with the Rally Coordinator. When you check in the Rally Coordinator will confirm: A. which course you plan to sail B. if you want to be scored or not (i.e. you care about how you do around the course, or are just out for a nice day of sailing) C. if you are flying an I-36 burgee D. who will be your skipper, and E. count of Virtual Crew (from registrations) This is a good time to wave to your friends and start taking pictures. The rally starts at 12:00 and the starting line is the shadow of the Bay Bridge on the water. For maybe the first time in your sailing life you can actually see the starting line on the water! Use GPS or cell phone time to time your own start. All boats must stay at least 20 feet apart. Courses Rally Course A: The course is to round Angel Island to starboard - northeast through Raccoon Straits and then pass east of Treasure Island to the finish line which is again the shadow of the Bay Bridge between TI and Berkeley. This course would typically be a series of close hauled and reaching legs. Rally Course B: The course leaves the following to starboard: GR "BR" Blossom Rock buoy, Alcatraz Island, GR "AZ" Alcatraz buoy, R "4" at Pt. Stuart Angel Island, Angel Island, and then pass east of Treasure Island to the finish line which is again the shadow of the Bay Bridge between TI and Berkeley. This course would typically start with a beat to get around Alcatraz, particularly since there will be a mild flood current at noon. Boats wishing to be scored are to record their finish time using GPS or cell phone time and report it on VHF 72 as, " I-36 Fleet, For those wishing to be scored, there will be two scores. Raw and Corrected Finish Score: Using a 12:00 start time, course distance (A = 11.2 nm; B = 11.5 nm), Boat's I-36 rating as adjusted per the Boat Information section below and in your registration, and finish time to give a Raw Finish Score, and add adjustments 1, 2 & 3 below for Corrected Finish Score. The target is to email this to the fleet by Saturday evening. Fun Corrected Score: Using the various criteria below, a boat's Corrected Finish score will be adjusted to arrive at a Fun Corrected Time. This will be calculated after 6 pm Sunday evening to allow boats time to earn credits 4, 5 and 6. 1) Skipper Adjustment: If a boat has one of the following skipper the whole race they get a rating credit as follows: a) Child between 18 and 21 6 sec/mile (A = 67 seconds; B = 69 seconds) b) Child below 18 8 sec/mile (A = 90 seconds; B = 92 seconds) c) Non-Racing Spouse 10 sec/mile (A = 112 seconds; B = 115 seconds) (Leaves out Kathryn on Mischief; Liz on Green flash; Pat Salvo, and Sandy Van Mell, but Nanci Melton and Maria DaPrato qualify.) d) Single-Handed Skipper 10 sec/mile (A = 112 seconds; B = 115 seconds) 2) You get 2 seconds per mile credit for each Virtual I-36 member boat you have on board. (Past or present I-36er who registers to be counted as sailing on your boat.) (Limit 5 Virtual Crew) 3) You get a 1 second per mile credit if you are flying an I-36 burgee. 4) Photos of other boats gain you 1 sec per mile. (limit 5 seconds.) But more appreciated. 5) Photos of your boat and crew gain you 1 second per mile. (Limit 5 seconds.) But more appreciated. 6) Drone videos of the fleet gain 3 seconds per mile per whole minute of video. Note: To receive credit for Adjustments 4, 5 & 6 pics/vids must be emailed to the Rally Coordinator by 5:00 PM on Sunday, June 21. Then everyone heads to their home port. There are no prizes, no raft-ups and no parties. But plenty of congratulations along the way. Maintain Social Distancing and Face Covering protocols when leaving your boat and going to your car. Above all, have fun, be polite, play nice and stay safe. Fill in the registration form below. If conditions or circumstances change, you may make changes with an updated registration, or when checking in with the Rally Coordinator. Questions? Contact Rally Coordinator Rick Van Mell or call 650-793-9075 (cell). Boat Information The Rally is non-spinnaker, and we will give rating credits to the 144 base rating as follows: Fixed 2 blade prop = +10 sec/mi Fixed 3 blade prop = +15 sec/mi Largest headsail 136% or higher = -6 sec/mi Tall rigs = -6 sec/mi Non-Spinnaker - no adjustment Roller furling - no adjustment Boat weight - no allowance for weight differences |